Apple Subscriptions on App Store and that sound you just heard is print dying a little more
At TomorrowToday we look at businesses, we look at business models and we look at industries to figure out why some are working well and why others are in trouble. Most importantly we figure out what has changed. Today something pretty big changed in the publishing...
It’s not information overload – it’s filture failure
The digital world is always inventing a new way for you to connect with people and for people to connect with you. To add to all this the information on the internet is becoming more and more complex to manage and organise information. This does not seem to worry...
Consultant bashing
You can see when a business journalist is having a slow news week - they whip out one of their 'hardy annuals' and use their column to bang on about a mildly controversial subject. Today's Financial Times 'Business Life' page included such a piece from Andrew Hill in...
Benefit from Thought-Provocateuring
We benefit from looking at things differently. Sometimes that requires stepping back and looking not at the "what" or "how" but the "why". Why do something that way? Do you ever wonder why your company (or a competitor) does things the way they are done? Is it good...
Fox or Hedgehog? How you think will shape your future.
In 1953, well before the information revolution seized the planet, philosopher Isaiah Berlin divided thinkers into two basic categories: the fox and the hedgehog. The difference is that hedgehogs know ‘one big thing’ whilst foxes know ‘many things’. A hedgehog will...
How important is it for businesses to retain customers?
This is a contribution from guest blogger John Berry: “Customer Experience” – everyone seems to speak about how important it is for businesses to retain customers. So why is it that so many front line employees seem to have “missed” that training programme? Or maybe...
What will today's children do for work in 2022?
Recently I was invited onto 702 to be interviewed by Redi Tlhabi on her show. The subject of conversation, as per this post's title was what today's children might be doing in 2022 for work. The show was recorded under Redi's PodCast 'The Best of Redi Tlhabi'. If...
What will today’s children do for work in 2022?
Recently I was invited onto 702 to be interviewed by Redi Tlhabi on her show. The subject of conversation, as per this post's title was what today's children might be doing in 2022 for work. The show was recorded under Redi's PodCast 'The Best of Redi Tlhabi'. If...
Is this the Arab World’s “1989”?
The world changed forever, in the space of just a few months, in 1989. Decades of unrest and uncertainty burst into action around the world. In a few short months the world had changed - political, economic, social, cultural, corporate and private spheres dramatically...
People in politics
I was standing in a check-out line of a grocery shop the other day scanning the magazines and sweet selection as one does, when my eyes rested on something extraordinary. A picture of John Bercow's wife, Sally, draped in a towel looking like something out of a B-grade...
Rides the Tides: Five disruptive forces shaping the future of the speaking industry
I am one of the co-founders of TomorrowToday, an international strategy consulting company. We track the trends that are shaping the new world of work, and help our clients understand the strategic implications for their people: leadership, teams, talent, customers,...
Ride the Tides: Five disruptive forces shaping the future of the speaking industry
I am one of the co-founders of TomorrowToday, an international strategy consulting company. We track the trends that are shaping the new world of work, and help our clients understand the strategic implications for their people: leadership, teams, talent, customers,...
A Decisive Advancement in Customer Experience Methodology
I have spent a lot of time over the past few months pondering and incubating the concepts of Motivational Design (MD). What I love most about MD is that it is a metaphor for its own principles and patterns. Initially the potential impact of MD was most obvious to...
Are trends ending trends?
I came across the article The End Of Trends: If It's Hot, It's Over by LINTON WEEKS because of the kind tweet from Carol Phillips In the article for npr Linton argues that because of the obsession and focus of trendwatchers the nature of trends is actually changing....
iPhone living up to the hype?
For all my fellow Blackberry users.. I think we sometimes feel a little like the iPhone's little sister who will just never compete... We know this isn't true from previous posts on this blog, so my message for this week is simply to be strong, don't let the iPhone...
MTV asks students about their digital lifestyle.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVom_j0Wtp4&feature=player_embedded MTV Online presenter Tom Thurlow went on the streets to ask students about their digital lifestyle. What mobiles are they carrying and why? Are they adopting Foursquare or Facebook Places? Do any...
Marketing in the future will be like sex – only the losers will pay for it!
The title of this blog comes from a quote out of Fast Company's excellent article on the future of marketing titled Mayhem on Madison Avenue. As explorers and adventurers in the New World of Work, my colleagues and myself at TomorrowToday are constantly exploring how...
RIP: The Death of the Middle Manager
One of the implications of the convergence of Gen Y and technology in the workspace could well be the demise of middle management. If that is you, then you have every reason to be concerned with this possibility. As with every new generation who enter the workplace,...
A database of social media policies
I am preparing a one day workshop on the use of social media in companies. The workshop itself is called "Beyond the Hype" and helps clients in small, medium and large organisations to use social media to "Connect, Engage, and Transform Your Business". In doing some...
Has technology gone too far?
I am all for technology, please don't get me wrong. I couldn't live without my mobile phone or my Internet connection. I love the fact that I can watch DVD's in bed on my laptop and my favourite is being able to skype my friends in all corners of the globe. But I did...